No art skills needed: making an animated action short in one weekend with AI
Hour-Piccolo-4471 · reddit · 2026-09-04
A complete beginner who can't draw or animate used the AI filmmaking tool framia to produce an animated action short in a single weekend. The tool handled the full pipeline — script, storyboards, and voiceovers — from a basic plot about a retired super-soldier protecting a cold CEO from corporate assassins. The author admits it's "not Pixar, but it actually exists" and plans to keep experimenting, illustrating how accessible AI video creation tools have become for non-creators.
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